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🔦 Sector Spotlight Moments 🔦 In 2023, Youth Sport Trust made significant strides in positively impacting the well-being of young individuals by addressing challenges in physical health, brain function, social well-being, and mental health. Recognising the unique position of schools to influence the physical activity habits of youth, the Youth Sport Trust focused on promoting the benefits of Physical Education (PE), school sports, and overall physical activity. You can read more about it and watch a video from their CEO Ali Olver by clicking the link in the post below 👇 #grassrootssport #communitysport #communitydevelopment #charities #notforprofits #consultancy #sportsconsultancy

It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek and the topic for 2024 is #MyVoiceMatters We will share some top tips from Marijana, our Familly Support Lead, about how to empower children to accept their own feelings, follow their instincts and interests, use their voices to share ideas and inspire others. Empowering children in this way can have a positive impact on their health and wellbeing. Place2Be, one of the UK’s leading children’s mental health charities, states that children and young people who feel that their voices are heard have higher levels of self-esteem. Tip 1 - Validate their feelings

🌟 On this Giving Tuesday, Your Support Can Make a Profound Impact! 🌟 The Family Counseling Center of the CSRA is facing a critical crossroads, and we need your help!  Why Your Support Matters: 🤝 At the Family Counseling Center, we are passionately dedicated to promoting a healthy, harmonious, and connected community. We tirelessly strive to strengthen families, heal individuals, and provide a safe haven for those in crisis. Each day, we witness the profound impact of our work on countless lives. People from all walks of life, facing various challenges, depend on our services to navigate difficult circumstances and find hope amidst adversity. Our Sound Mission: 💪 Our mission is clear: to provide compassionate and professional counseling services, regardless of financial constraints, to those who need it most within the CSRA. We believe that mental health should never be a luxury limited because of financial strain. Our doors are open to anyone in need, irrespective of their ability to pay. The Critical State We Face: 😢 Unfortunately, the Family Counseling Center is now in dire need of your support to continue our essential work. Diminishing resources, evolving needs, and unforeseen challenges have created a profound strain on our ability to sustain our operations. Without immediate action, we risk curtailing our services and closing our doors, leaving countless vulnerable individuals and families without the support system they desperately rely on. Your Donation Can Make a Difference: 🌻 By making a contribution to the Family Counseling Center this Giving Tuesday, you can be the lifeline that helps keeps our doors open. Your support will enable us to continue offering affordable counseling services, sustenance to those in crisis, community outreach programs and so much more. Together, we can safeguard emotional well-being, strengthen families, and foster a resilient community for generations to come.

Children and young people's mental health 17 June 2024 11.15am—1.15pm Join us in-person for the launch of our new report which explores how charities are coping with a rise in children and young people seeking mental health support. And how funders can best support this area of work. At the event we will share key findings on: The current landscape for children and young people’s mental health. How charities are adapting to increasing demand. Priority areas that need urgent investment from funders. https://lnkd.in/eXC5KtgQ

Great to join Lisa Jakimciw for the NPC (New Philanthropy Capital) launch of their new report on the youth mental health crisis and how the surge in demand is affecting charities. A packed out room shows just how much this issue is firing people up. Lots of synergy here with the work of The Children's Society and their early intervention mental health hubs - giving children and young people walk-in access to mental health support and other holistic care - before they reach the point of crisis. Always a fan of a good visual image, I loved Ndidi Okezie describing teachers - now expected to perform multiple essential functions - as Swiss Army penknives. The pressure on schools to cope with this epidemic is insupportable and the decimation of youth services have deprived too many vulnerable children of the trusted adult they need outside of school and family. Some interesting takeaways on the need to understand more about how other countries, who have experienced similar perma crises, are coping with this issue. Why are British children among the unhappiest in Europe? Looking forward to more conversations on our major appeal #npcthinks #mentalhealth #childmentalhealth #philanthropy

If it is on your heart to donate to a worthy cause please consider suicide prevention. I am participating in the Construction Hike for Hope in Atlanta on May 5th. The AFSP is working to engage the construction industry on the importance of mental health. Per the CDC's data on suicide risk within occupational groups, the construction and extraction industries were found to have the highest rate of suicide in the United States. Stress leads to burnout, burnout can lead to depression and depression can lead to suicide. Just trying to do what I can to raise awareness and hopefully stop the cycle.

🌟 A Significant Step Towards Mental Health Promotion and Health Equity! 🌟 I am thrilled to share the fantastic news from The Iceberg Foundation. This initiative represents a significant step forward in promoting mental health and advancing health equity across our communities. Why is this important? 🔹 Accessibility: By offering free counseling services, The Iceberg Foundation is removing financial barriers and making mental health support accessible to all, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to seek help and improve their well-being. 🔹 Community Support: Their ongoing commitment to providing no-cost counseling for queer forcibly displaced individuals has already made a profound impact, and this expansion will benefit even more people. 🔹 Empowering Change: Mental health is a cornerstone of overall well-being, and supporting individuals through counseling empowers our communities to thrive. I'm honored to promote the incredible work and invite everyone to support this meaningful initiative. By working together, we can help ensure that mental health care is accessible to everyone, fostering stronger, healthier communities. Let's join forces to champion mental health and health equity! #MentalHealth #HealthEquity #FreeCounseling #MentalHealthPromotion

Over the weekend, I took part in the 54-mile British Heart Foundation London to Brighton bike ride to raise money for the fantastic mental health charity Mind. While the journey itself was certainly a physical challenge, riding across the finish line was a stark reminder that while I could sit and take the weight off my legs, those struggling with their mental health don’t have such privileges. They face carrying their mental load around with them 24/7. What stands out most to me is not just the amount of money raised through such events, but the impact these funds can have. For me, it’s about taking meaningful action to create environments where people, particularly young people and men, feel comfortable discussing their mental health. We need spaces that resonate with the younger generation, aligning with their ways of interaction and societal norms. I’ve watched in admiration as spaces like the The Man Cave UK in Milton Keynes and Selfspace in London continue to grow, providing welcoming and supportive environments for productive conversations about mental health. We simply need more of these modern solutions that go beyond traditional (and quite frankly box-ticking) approaches. It's important to move past empty social media gestures that simply tell men to "talk more." Instead, we should focus on creating real, accessible spaces where everybody can feel genuinely safe to open up. Awareness is key, action is vital. Do you agree? What do you think is needed to genuinely encourage people to 'talk more/open up/[insert generic viral virtue signal here]'? #mentalhealth #mind #nhs

1 in 6 children in Australia will experience mental health struggles before the age of 5. One session with a psychologist starts at $88 - make a difference to the lives of hundreds of Australian children --> https://loom.ly/LWuIjXk #StrideMentalHealth #Donation #MentalHealth

Think back to when you were a child. What’s one piece of advice you’d give to yourself related to your mental health? In this moment, by identifying a way to improve your childhood mental health, you’ve got something in common with MQ. That same motivation — making life better for children — is what drives MQ to fund rigorous mental health research at the world’s leading institutions. But we can’t get there without your help, and that’s why we’re reaching out today — the first day of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek. Would you make a gift today for Children’s Mental Health Week? https://lnkd.in/e7keD3Sp #WithoutResearchItsJustGuesswork #MentalHealthResearch #Charity #MentalHealth #Volunteer #Donate